Spontaneous Contractions Evoke Afferent Nerve Firing in Mouse Bladders With Detrusor Overactivity
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 181 (3) , 1459-1466
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.139
Abstract
Purpose: Afferent nerve firing has been linked to spontaneous bladder contractions in a number of lower urinary tract pathologies and it may lead to urgency and incontinence. Using optical mapping,...Keywords
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